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Today at the doctor's office, I was waiting for the elevator to go down to the first floor. The doors opened, the elevator was full, and I decided to wait until the next one came around.

I was waiting for a couple minutes when an elderly gentleman came and stood beside me.

"Young lady," he said. "Are you waiting for the elevator?"

"Yes of course," I said, somewhat impatiently.

"Well, young lady, unless you push the button, that elevator isn't going to come anytime soon", he replied.

We both laughed a bit, and I agreed with him that it would be impossible for the elevator to come unless I pushed the button to actually call it. I had pushed it the first time, but when that one hadn't worked out, I had forgotten to push it again. It was one of those moments which immediately resonated with so many other areas of my life.

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"Risotto doesn't like to be rushed" my friend wisely says, and she is so right. After 2 hours of mindlessly stirring rice I wonder why I even attempt risotto on a weeknight. I'm not going to pretend this was my best but once I use up 3 times the amount of chicken broth the recipe calls for (like every other time) it's finally done. And each time I finally finish risotto I wonder if it's worth it and it always is. It just requires way too much patience for this woman. I'm tempted to try to draw some kind of analogy between risotto and being patient in life, but I'm just going to leave it and eat my risotto. And that's the truest story I can tell you this Thursday night.

At the 24 hour vigil for healthcare in front of Senator Toomey's office today, hearing from an individual with disabilities who will be greatly affected by Medicaid cuts. Let's call our reps and oppose this terrible bill. #healthcarenotwealthcare #protectourhealth #healthcare #disabilityrights #medicaid #resist

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